petitioner
noun
1 petitioner
One praying humbly for something.
synonyms: requester, suppliant, supplicant.
Roget 767: petitioner, solicitor, applicant; suppliant, supplicant; suitor, candidate, claimant, postulant, aspirant, competitor, bidder; place hunter, pot hunter; ... show more
Dutch: adressant, rekestrant, rekwestrant, verzoeker
2 petitioner
Someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right.
synonym: suer.
Moby thesaurus: accusant, accuser, adorer, allegator, appellant, applicant, asker, aspirant, beadsman, beggar, bidder, candidate, celebrant, chapelgoer, churchgoer, claimant, communicant, complainant, congregation, daily communicant ... show more.
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